How did the books get to the library in Alexandria? In various ways ... the aging of parchments and papyri to make them look older than they were and thus ask for higher prices. To the purchase of ...

Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the ... Bruchion region of the Mediterranean city and discovered what look like lecture ...

One of the great tragedies of ancient history, memorialized in myths and Hollywood film, is the burning of the great library at Alexandria. But the reality of the Library’s end was actually a ...

With tragedies such as the fire of the Library of Alexandria, or the pillaging of ... and translations vanished from the earth. As we look to preserve our history, how can we safeguard the ...

For most of history, only a select few of the population were able to read, and the Library of Alexandria in Egypt ... for a public library, however, did not perish with it.